Actually the manual says:

Cylinder Head Nut

8mm 15-18 ft lbs
6mm 5-8 ft lbs

For other bolts and nuts not listed prediscribed, refer to this chart:

Conventional or "4" marked bolt

8mm 7-11.5 ft lbs
6mm 3-5 ft lbs

"7" marked bolt

8mm 13-20 ft lbs
6mm 6-8.5 ft lbs

 

I have 5 months till i graduate with a degree in electronics engineering technology, never really looked at the wiring diagram i just assumed there to be a rectifier

 

I was looking in the spec section of the vault and you guys are missing everything about the 250! You have the 85 and 86 models, 87 and 88 models, but forgot to add the 89 and 90 models and those are the best ones!

 

I guess I was preaching to the choir

So you would be the guy to ask... what's the difference in an AC bulb and DC bulb?

 

They are practically the same thing you can use an ac bulb on dc but you wont get the best wattage output. When you use a rectifier from ac to dc ur basically taking out the negative part of an ac wave than you use capaciters to filter out what we call ripple voltage. After you rectify and go through the filtering you get an effective dc voltage from ac which is 63.7% of the ac voltage so basically if you put 100 volt of ac through a dc bulb you only get 63.7 volts worth of output. Plus a dc filiment is thicker i belive . And light bulbs dont mater which is positive or negative unless you get into leds, but thats a whole other story

 

The construction is basically the same thing, an ac bulb flashes just to fast for you to see. A dc bulb is always on. You cant see anything faster than 20hz or 20 flashes per second

 

If you take out half the AC wave, how do you get 63.7%? Wouldn't it be less than 50%?

What about fullwave rectification?

Good point about LEDs. Can't use those on the 230 for sure.

 

I figured they were made the same, but didn't know how the power rating is on the AC bulbs. Is it rms or peak? And how would that compare to DC power? In other words, I guess what I wanna know is can I grab any ole 45 watt bulb and shove it in the front on the 230? Will a DC bulb shine as bright as an AC? Will it draw too many amps and burn up the magneto?

 

Well theres alot more to it. When you talk about your average 120 volt ac comming from your wall thats the "effective dc" voltage actrually. When talking in terms of Ac you have peak voltage and peak to peak volatage. Peak voltage is 1/2 the wave. and peak to peak is the full wave. you actrually have roughly 340 volts comming out of your wall. 120 volts time 1.414 gives you about 170 volts peak and to get peak to peak you double that and get 340 volts. So as it would seem you would assume it to be less than 50% taken away but in reality your not. There are 2 types of rectifiers half wave and full wave. On a half wave rectiefer your rectifeing either the positive or negative parts of the wave while leaving one or the other intact. A full wave rectifer rectifies both positive and negative going waves. You can certianly use leds on dc, but you must pay attention to which is negative (cathode) or positive (anode). What makes up a rectifier is diodes. well led's are light emiting diodes (diodes restrict current to flow in only one direction) Ac - alternating current so it flows both ways Dc- only flows in one direction. If you put an led in to ac it will only turn on for 1/2 the wave while with dc it will be on the whole time as long as you have the polaritys correct when connecting it

 

Think I found the answer: Answers.com - Can AC bulb works with DC